Исполнитель: | Eric Bogle (English) |
Пользователь: | malcolmgeorgewalker |
Длительность: | 130 секунд |
Начальная пауза: | 12 секунд |
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Lock-Keeper (written by Stan Rogers)
Sung by Eric Bogle Capo1
G
You say, "Well-met again, Lock-keeper!
Em C
We're laden even deeper than the time before,
Am D G
Oriental oils and tea brought down from Singapore."
G
As we wait for my lock to cycle
Em C
I say, "My wife has given me a son."
Am C G7
" A son!" you cry, "Is that all that you've done?"
G G7
She wears bougainvillea blossoms.
G7 Em C
You pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide,
Am D G
Sweep her in your arms and carry her inside.
G
Her sighs catch on your shoulder;
Em C
Her moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through the tears
Am G
And I say to you, "How could you leave her for the years?"
Chorus
C Am
"So come with me" you cry, "to where the Southern Cross
D G
Rides high upon your shoulder."
C Em
"Come with me!" you cry,
A D
"Each day you tend this lock, you're one day older,
Em D C D
While your blood ...grows... colder."
G
But that anchor chain's a fetter
Em C
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
Am D G
And I wouldn't trade your life for one hour of home.
G
Sure I'm stuck here on this Seaway
Em C
While you compensate for leeway through the Trades;
Am D G
And you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made.
G
And you laugh at the hearts you've riven,
Em C
But which of these has given us more love or life,
C A D G
You, your tropic maids, or me, my wife.
Chorus
C Am
"Then come with me" you cry, "to where the Southern Cross
Am D G D
Rides high upon your shoulder."
C Em
"Come with me!" you cry,
A D
"Each day you tend this lock, you're one day older,
Em D C D
While your blood ...grows... colder."
D G
But that anchor chain's a fetter
Em C
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
C Am D G
And I would not trade your life for one hour of home.
Chorus
D G
Yes, that anchor chain's a fetter
Em C
And with it you are tethered to the foam,
C A D G C G
And I would not trade your life for just one hour of home.